Federal Railroad Administration Recommends Actions to Prevent Passenger Trains from Speeding
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Federal Railroad Administration Recommends Actions to Prevent Passenger Trains from Speeding U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs, Washington D.C. www.dot.gov/briefingroom 09 June 2015 PRESS RELEASE NUMBER: FRA 11-15 CONTACT: FRA Public Affairs...Let’s Do Some Railing
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The Opinion Pages | OP-ED COLUMNIST Let’s Do Some Railing MAY 28, 2015 Just before Congress slunk away for the three-day weekend — which it was, of course, planning to stretch into a week — senators from the Northeast held a press conference to denounce Republicans...Blankenhorn & Brauer Confirmed
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Illinois Senate vote today. 49-0 vote on Randy Blankenhorn as Secretary of IDOT. AM 9900025 49-0 vote on Rich Brauer as assistant secretary at IDOT . AM 9900090. Both now confirmed.From The Governor’s Office
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[https://www.illinois.gov/about/PublishingImages/seal.gif] Office of the Governor Bruce Rauner Friday, May 22, 2015 ICYMI: The Associated Press Below is an excerpt from a story from The Associated Press: Gov. Bruce Rauner plans to introduce legislation Friday to...APTA: MAP-21 extension bill falls short of infrastructure needs
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